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Mission  to  the  Jews. 


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“Christian  City”  Series,  No.  3. 


The  Hope  of  Israel  Mission  to  the  Jews. 


There  is  tlie  world  over  a  stir  in  the  Hebrew  mind. 
Tlie  stagnation  which  was  possible  in  other  eras  is  in  this 
impossible.  The  spirit  of  religious  inquii’y  is  liberated  as 
the  peoples  of  the  earth  mingle  and  as  the  realization  of 
personal  freedom  seems  near  at  hand.  Whether  the 
Hebrews  of  the  first  quarter  of  the  twentieth  century  be¬ 
come  rationalistic  or  Christian  depends  upon  what  the 
followers  of  Christ  do  for  them  now. 

We  are  eager  to  do  our  part.  The  Hew  York  City 
Cnurch  Extension  and  Missionary  Society  of  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  Church  has  for  nearly  two  years  given  special 
attention  to  this  problem  as  it  confronts  us  in  this  city,  and 
for  a  large  part  of  that  time  has  fostered  the  work  which 
is  outlined  in  the  report  of  its  able  representative,  Rev. 
A.  C.  Gaebelein.  By  opening  one  of  its  best  churches  to 
the  large  and  frequent  services,  by  providing  the  necessary 
support  for  the  missionary,  and  by  the  cooperation  of  its 
other  workers  and  officers  with  him  in  his  eft'ort,  it  has 
promoted  and  sustained  this  unique  and  interesting  work 
as  earnestly  as  possible.  With  the  present  year  it  has  put 
the  movement  upon  a  stronger  footing.  The  large  and 
roomy  house,  209  Madison  Street,  becomes  the  headquar¬ 
ters  of  the  Mission.  A  representative  committee,  composed 
of  Messrs.  Bowles  Colgate,  Hiram  Merritt,  the  Rev.  Drs.  G. 
H.  Gregory,  W.  H.  Wardell,  and  C.  S.  Harrower,  super¬ 
vise  the  work  and  the  financial  management,  and  from 


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the  Society’s  treasury  appropriations  are  made  to  cover 
the  actual  expenses  of  the  missionary  and  workers  em¬ 
ployed.  The  enlargement  of  the  work^  however^  and  its 
in&reased  ejficiency  must  depend  upon  the  voluntary 
offerings  of  the  friends  of  Israel.  We  ask  their  attention 
to  the  spirit,  method,  and  promise  of  tliis  special  effort  we 
are  making  to  bring  the  Jewish  multitudes  of  our  city  to 
know  tiie  living  Christ  and  to  receive  the  Holy  Spirit. 

The  Rev.  A.  C.  Gaebelein,  who  is  intrusted  with  the 
leadership  of  the  movement,  is  rarely  endowed  for  the 
responsibility.  Himself  a  German — a  Gentile — scholarly, 
devout,  an  effective  speaker,  a  painstaking  pastor,  he  has 
already  won  success  in  the  regular  work  as  a  member  of 
the  East  German  Conference.  How,  after  long  study  of 
the  Hebrew  language  and  literature  and  of  biblical  proph¬ 
ecy,  and  with  a  profound  conviction  that  he  is  called 
to  this  special  service,  he  devotes  himself  to  the  chosen 
people  of  God,  and  is  already  recognized  far  and  wide  as 
their  friend.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Hew  York  East 
Conference  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  yet  with¬ 
in  certain  well-defined  limits  he  is  free  to  develop  this 
Mission  07i  such  hroad  lines  as  will  prevent  all  denomina¬ 
tional  narrowness. 

We  learn  also  that  Professor  E.  Stroeter,  Ph.D.,  late  of 
the  Denver  University,  is  planning  to  devote  himself  to  the 
interests  of  special  work  among  the  Hebrews.  An  able 
writer  and  speaker,  a  representative  scholar  and  biblical 
student,  he  will  arrest  attention  where  others  might  fail. 
He  will  probably  spend  a  part  of  the  summer  in  this  city 
in  close  touch  with  the  Hope  of  Israel  Mission. 

Mr.  Gaebelein’s  statement  concerning  the  first  full  year’s 
work  will  be  read  with  interest. 

F.  M.  Horth, 

150  Fifth  Avenue,  New  York. 


June,  1891. 


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THE  HOPE  OF  ISRAEL  MISSION.— 209  Madlsou  Street, 


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FIRST  ANNUAL  REPORT. 

It  is  with  deep  gratitude  to  Almighty  God  and  our 
Lord  Jesus  Christ,  that  we  undertake  to  give  our  first 
annual  report  of  the  Mission  among  the  ancient  people  of 
God,  to  which  mission  He  so  wonderfully  has  led  us. 

The  Hope  of  Israel  Mission  to  the  Jews  was  commenced 
by  the  Rev.  A.  C.  Gaebelein  over  a  year  ago  in  the 
Allen  Street  Memorial  Church,  91  Rivington  Street,  New 
York  City.  This  church  is  very  well  situated  for  such 
a  mission.  Ninety-five  per  cent  of  the  inhabitants  of  the 
laraje  tenement  houses  all  around  that  neighborhood  are 
Hebrews;  the  whole  Jewish  population  on  the  East  Side 
is  probably  more  than  one  hundred  and  fifty  thousand. 

How  THE  Work  was  Commenced. 

The  great  Head  of  the  Church  by  His  Spirit  had  laid  the 
Jewish  people  and  their  religious  condition  heavily  upon 
the  heart  of  Mr.  Gaebelein  for  several  years.  A  walk 
through  the  densely  populated  Hebrew  quarter  convinced 
him  that  these  people  for  whom  Christ  died  were  indeed 
like  sheep  without  a  shepherd.  Taking  tracts  and  invita¬ 
tion  cards  for  a  preaching  service  on  Saturday  morning, 
the  Jewish  Sabbath,  he  went  from  street  to  street,  enter¬ 
ing  the  crowded  market  places  and  busy  shops,  or  going 
through  the  dark  tenement  houses.  Some  of  the  people 
were  angry  and  insulting  when  the  tract  and  invitation 
were  put  in  their  hands,  but  as  soon  as  they  found  out 
that  the  distributer  was  a  Gentile,  and  not  a  Jew,  they 
treated  him  with  much  respect. 

Thus  we  worked  for  many  months,  till  we  became 
known  to  hundreds,  and  invitations  to  our  public  services 
are  hardly  any  longer  necessary.  Our  principal  services 
are  on  Saturday. 


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Saturday  Services. 

The  first  is  held  in  the  morn  in  2^  at  10:30,  Lons;  before 
the  hour  our  Hebrew  friends  gather.  The  Rev.  Dr. 
Richard  Wheatley  speaks  of  this  Saturday  morning  service, 
in  the  Pittsburg  Ch7\stian  Advocate,  as  follows: 

Ou  Saturday  moniiug,  May  5,  the  writer  listened  to  an  eloquent 
and  powerful  sermon  in  the  Allen  Street  Memorial  Church,  located 
on  Rivington  Street,  from  the  Rev.  A.  C.  Gaebelein.  About  two 
hundred  and  fifty  well-dressed,  intelligent  Jew's — the  average  num¬ 
ber  in  constant  attendance — paid  strictest  heed  to  the  discourse. 
Well  they  might,  for  every  gestune  w'as  vocal  with  thought  and  feel¬ 
ing,  and  in  harmony  ■with  the  finel}'  modulated  voice.  More  than  that, 
the  power,  the  utterance,  desiderated  by  the  great  apostle  to  the 
Gentiles  was  in  every  sentence.  The  speaker  w'as  intensely  in  earnest. 
Most  of  his  receptive  and  yet  critical  hearers  w'ere  absoi'bed  in  what 
was  said,  and  none  could  be  more  orderly  and  yet  more  free  in  move¬ 
ment.  Many  of  them  w'ere  orthodox,  men  of  thought,  desiring  clear 
view's  of  religious  duty,  and  wonted  to  apply  ethics  to  all  social 
relations.  t. 

We  have  now  a  large  number  of  regular  attendants  at 
this  morning  service,  the  only  one  of  its  kind  in  New  York 
City.  We  read  the  portion  of  the  law  which  is  read  in  the 
synagogues  and  give  an  exposition  of  it.  We  know  quite 
a  number  of  Hebrews  who  have  ceased  to  attend  the  morn¬ 
ing  service  in  the  synagogues  and  come  regularly  to  our 
meeting.  Our  best  service  is  on 

Saturday  Afternoon. 

This  service  is  very  largely  attended.  The  largest 
number  who  came  together  at  one  time  assembled  last 
February,  when  fully  eight  hundred  men  and  women 
listened  to  a  Gospel  sermon.  The  average  attendance 
of  the  afternoon  meeting  is  about  four  hundred.  Very 
little  attraction  outside  of  the  preaching  of  tlie  word  is 
oflfered.  Occasionally  friends  come  and  sing  Gospel 
hymns  for  us.  We  know  that  if  we  should  offer  a  more 


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elaborate  musical  entertainment  many  more  people  would 
be  attracted.  In  the  first  months  of  these  large  gatherings 
we  often  witnessed  stormy  scenes.  A  number  of  times 
the  service  broke  up  in  great  disorder.  Angry  faces  and 
angry  voices  were  heard  and  seen  more  than  once,  but 
the  disturbers  returned  in  almost  eveiy  case  the  next 
Saturday.  Once  a  young  man  arose  during  the  preaching 
and  angrily  left  his  seat  and  the  church.  The  next  time 
we  saw  him  we  asked  him,  “  Wh}'^  did  you  run  away  last 
Sabbath?”  He  answered,  “What  you  said  went  through 
my  heart  like  a  knife,  and  I  could  not  stand  it.”  “  But  it 
is  the  truth,”  we  said.  He  came  again  and  again,  and 
now  he  is  a  follower  of  Jesus.  These  scenes  of  disturbance 
have  ceased  for  many  months.  The  large  Saturday  after¬ 
noon  services  are  very  orderly,  and  if  one  tries  to  interrupt 
the  speaker  he  is  hushed  down  by  the  others. 

What  do  you  preach  to /hese  people?  We  preach 

Christ,  and  Him  Crucified. 

The  Saturday  before  Easter  we  preached,  in  the  presence 
of  Bishop  E.  G.  Andrews  and  several  hundreds  of  Jews,  a 
sermon  on  the  crucifixion.  Hardly  one  person  left  his 
seat  during  the  entire  discourse,  though  it  lasted  about 
three  quarters  of  an  hour.  We  generally  take  our  text 
from  the  Old  Testament,  but  nevertheless  we  preach  Him 
who  is  our  Pro]>het,  High  Priest,  and  King,  Him  in  whose 
name  alone  we  can  be  saved.  We  do  not  ridicule  Jewish 
customs,  and  especially  do  we  not  antagonize  the  heaven- 
appointed  law  and  feast  days  of  the  Old  Testament,  which 
are  yet  so  universally  kept  by  this  peculiar  people.  If  our 
Jewish  brother  ti’usts  in  Christ,  and  in  Him  alone,  as  his 
Saviour  from  sin  and  death,  and  he  thinks  as  a  Jew  he 
should  keep  his  passover  as  a  national  day  of  remembrance 
(the  Fourth  of  July  of  the  Jewish  people),  we  make  no  ob- 


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jection,  Christ  is  for  us  the  one  continual  theme,  and  to 
brino;  our  Jewish  brethren  and  sisters  in  contact  with  tlie 
living  Christ  our  constant  prayer  and  heart’s  desire. 

Gospel  Service,  Sunday,  4  p.  m. 

This  service  is  also  very  well  upheld  by  the  house  of 
Israel.  The  average  attendance  is  200,  often  more  and 
sometimes  less.  Here  we  sing  the  Gospel  hymns  and  our 
Jewish  friends  also  learn  to  sing  them.  We  have  held  a 
service  every  night  in  the  week  witli  the  exception  of 
Saturda}’.  Friday  evening  we  preach  now  in  (>ur  mis¬ 
sion  house  and  church,  209  Madison  Street.  We  hold  a 

Weekly  Prayer  and  Experience  Meeting. 

This  service  has  been  well  attended,  especially  during 
the  winter.  We  sometimes  had  from  one  hundred  to  one 
hundred  and  fifty  present  and  had  a  hard  time  to  close  it, 
so  many  wanted  to  speak.  The  meeting  is  conducted  like 
any  Gentile  Christian  prayer  meeting.  We  have  good, 
spirited  singing,  a  short  exhortation,  and  tlien  the  privi¬ 
lege  is  given  to  pray  or  speak  as  the  Spirit  may  direct. 
If  our  friends  would  visit  us  they  would  hear  good,  substan¬ 
tial  testimonies  to  the  saving  power  of  the  precious  blood 
of  the  Son  of  God.  How  many  hearts  have  been  touched 
in  these  services  we  cannot  tell,  but  we  know  that  the 
divine  Spirit  has  been  wonderfully  present  in  them. 

Eirle  Headings. 

We  have  a  weekly  Bible  reading  in  Hebrewfrom  theHew 
Testament.  This  serves  a  double  purpose.  The  knowledge 
of  the  Hew  Testament  and  the  Hebrew  language  are  there- 
bv  advanced.  Two  nii^hts  in  the  week  are  given  to 

Instruction  in  Christian  Doctrines. 

Our  text-books  are  the  Catechism  and  the  Bible.  In  all 


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these  meetings  we  do  not  allow  to  be  present  everyone 
who  comes  along.  We  give  admittance  only  to  those  of 
whose  honesty  we  are  convinced. 

The  Converts. 

How  many  Jews  have  you  converted?  We  thank  God 
that  we  have  not  converted  a  single  one,  but  the  Holy 
Spirit  has  commenced  a  good  work  in  a  number.  What 
do  we  understand  by  conversion?  Certainly  a  change  of 
heart  by  the  Holy  Spirit.  Conviction  is  not  conversion, 
neither  is  belief  in  an  historical  Christ.  Here  in  Jewish 
mission  work  the  error  is  made.  Belief  that  Christ  Jesus 
is  the  true  Messiah  is  often  put  down  as  conversion.  We 
know  a  large  number  of  Hebrews  who  seem  to  have  been 
convinced  by  the  preaching  that  Jesus  is  the  Messiah. 
When  we  commenced  they  were  very  bitter ;  when  Ave 
brought  arguments  about  Jesus  they  left  in  great  haste. 
How  this  is  changed.  The}"  listen  willingly.  They  know 
Jesns  is  the  Messiah,  but  this  is  not  conversion.  From  the 
beginning  of  our  work  we  have  felt  that  we  must  reach 
the  heart  as  well  as  the  head.  By  God’s  grace  we  are 
succeeding. 

All  along  sinners  have  found  the  foi’giveness  of  their  sins 
in  the  blood  of  the  Lamb.  They  are  not  all  with  us  now. 
Ten  have  been  baptized  in  other  ]Jaces.  Some  were 
forced  to  leave  the  city  on  account  of  nonemployment, 
others  on  account  of  family  relations. 

Brother  E, - •,  one  of  the  brightest  converts  went  to 

Philadelphia  and  was  baptized  in  a  Presbyterian  church. 

L.  B.  was  sent  by  us  to  London,  to  the  Jewish-Christian 
Institute,  and  received  there  holy  baptism. 

One  was  baptized  in  Kentucky,  and  several  here  in  this 
city,  others  in  different  places.  We  carry  on  an  interest¬ 
ing  correspondence  with  some  of  them.  Hew  persons 


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liave  come  and  are  inquirers,  others  hav^e  been  converted. 
The  very  first  converts  are  yet  regular  in  attendance  and 
grow  in  grace  and  the  knowledge  of  our  Lord  Jesus 
Christ.  During  the  winter  we  noticed  at  the  time  of  dis¬ 
tress  some  very  pronounced  cases  of  conviction  of  sin. 

A  Thief  Came 

and  confessed  his  sins  and  promised  to  make  restitution  as 
soon  as  he  was  able.  He  professed  forgiveness,  and  we  do 
not  doubt  his  experience.  We  were  sitting  in  our  office 
almost  daily  meeting  applicants  for  temporal  aid,  but  often 
after  we  heard  their  pitiful  stories  of  unpaid  rent  or  suffer¬ 
ing  children,  they  said  to  us  with  tears  in  their  eyes, 
“  Pastor,  our  sins — pray  with  us  and  for  us — teach  us  to 
pray.”  And  then  we  knelt  in  prayer  and  bowed  knees 
and  heart  in  Jesus’s  natne.  This  last  winter’s  distress  has 
been  a  glorious  blessing  of  God  to  the  Ghetto  of  Hew 
York  City.  Orthodox  Jews  came  for  relief  and  found 
something  else  besides  the  little  help  we  could  give. 
Eternity  will  show  a  rich  harvest  from  this  winter’s  dis¬ 
tress  and  its  work. 

Persecutions. 

Are  these  converts  persecuted  ?  Yes.  One  young 
man  was  driven  out  of  his  home  by  his  enraged  father. 
Another  received  a  letter  full  of  curses  from  his  own 
mother.  They  are  losing  their  employment.  They  are 
ridiculed,  stones  are  thrown  occasionally  at  them  in  the 
streets,  still  they  hold  out.  One  of  them,  H.  F.,  was 
nearly  killed  by  Jews.  They  were  arrested,  but  not 
punished.  In  all  our  work  we  are 

Hot  Trying  to  Denationalize  the  Jews. 

We  have  studied  the  prophecies  relating  to  Israel,  and 
therein  find  the  wonderful  future  of  this  peculiar  people. 


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of  whom  Balaiiin  of  old  said,  “  The  people  shall  dwell 
alone,  and  shall  not  be  reckoned  among  the  nations.” 
Mr.  Bowles  Colgate,  in  a  letter  to  The  Christian  Advocate., 
states  our  views  in  the  very  best  language.  He  says : 

Mr.  Gaebelein  fully  shares  the  belief  of  the  orthodox  Jews  in  the 
fulfillment  of  prophecy  and  the  restoration  of  Israel  to  the  promised 
laud,  and  his  method  of  work  is  not  to  antagonize  the  Jewish  laws 
and  customs,  or  to  deprive  his  converts  of  their  hold  on  and  influ¬ 
ence  with  tlieir  own  people,  by  making  Gentiles  of  them,  but  to  in¬ 
duce  them  to  become  real  Hebrew-Christians,  accepting  Christ 
as  the  Messiah,  but  continuing  to  observe  the  requirements  of  the 
Mosaic  law  as  far  as  they  do  not  conflict  with  the  essentials  of  the 
Christian  faith. 

Our  Assistants. 

During  the  winter  we  were  forced  to  have  live  helpers. 
Our  regular  assistants  were  Miss  W.  Wibel,  II.  Zack- 
hauseu,  and  E.  Joshpe.  The  last  named  is  no  longer  with 
us;  another  Hebrew-Christian  has  taken  his  place. 

Brother  H.  Zackhausen  is  an  interesting  young  man. 
We  met  him  more  than  two  years  ago.  His  brother  was 
then  already  a  convert,  and  a  student  in  a  theological 
school  in  London.  The  Lord  used  us  in  leading  Brother 
Z.  to  the  saving  knowledge  of  Jesus.  He  was  then  a  teacher 
of  languages,  which  position  he  held  till  April,  1893,  when 
we  engaged  him  as  helper.  Last  fall  he  entered  the  Inter¬ 
national  Medical  Missionary  College,  where  he  is  prepar¬ 
ing  himself  for  a  medical  missionary.  In  his  spare  time 
he  is  assisting  in  the  work.  Brother  Z.  is  a  graduate  of  a 
Russian  college,  and  speaks  a  number  of  languages. 

Work  Among  the  Jewish  Women. 

Miss  Wibel  has  done  faithful  work  among  the  Jewish 
women.  Very  few  of  them  attended  the  preaching  serv¬ 
ices  in  the  beginning  ;  now  wo  have  from  thirty  to  forty 
of  them  Saturday  afternoons,  and  an  equal  number  in  our 


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Sunday  service.  We  expect  to  start  a  special  meeting  for 
women  in  the  near  future. 

We  have  yet  another  department  of  our  work  which 
has  developed  rapidly.  We  refer  to  our 

Publication  Department. 

In  June,  1893,  we  issued  the  first  number  of  the  Hope 
of  lira  el  {Tiqweth  Tiroel),  in  Jargon.  The  first  number 
was  four  pages,  now  it  is  an  eight-page  monthly,  full  of 
good,  religious  reading  matter.  We  have  completed  the 
first  volume,  and  expect  to  increase  the  number  of  pages. 
The  circulation  of  the  first  volume  has  been  27,000  copies. 
It  has  been  well  received,  and  every  new  issue  is  eagerly 
expected  by  hundreds  of  our  Jewish  friends.  We  have 
also  published  a  series  of  eight  tracts,  15,000  copies  in  all, 
one  in  Hebrew,  five  in  Jargon,  and  two  in  German. 

The  Jewish  people  are  a  reading  people.  Often  we 
stand  with  hundreds  of  tracts,  papers,  and  portions  of  the 
New  Testament  in  front  of  the  Allen  Street  Memorial 
Church.  Soon  they  crowd  around  us,  and  then  the 
windows  of  the  big  tenements  open,  and  in  a  few  minutes 
boys  and  girls  come :  “  Mister !  my  mamma  sent  me  down  ; 
give  me  one.”  Thus  we  distribute  thousands  of  copies  of 
religious  tracts  and  papers  in  German,  English,  Hebrew, 
and  Jargon.  In  passing  through  the  streets  men  ask 
me,  “  Pastor,  is  your  paper  out?  Have  you  anything  to 
read  ?  ”  etc.  Another  request,  which  is  made  over  and 
over  again,  is  for  the  publication  of  our  sermons.  After 
almost  every  discourse  some  one  conies  and  thanks  us  for 
the  preaching,  and  adds,  “I  wish  I  had  it  printed.”  How 
much  good  we  could  do  if  we  had  a  thousand  dollars  at  our 
disposal  to  create  good,  Christian  literature  for  this  hungry 
people. 


12 


The  Hope  of  Israel  Mission 
has  also  undertaken  work  in  other  places.  We  have 
visited  the  Jewish  colonies  in  southern  New  Jersey 
several  times,  and  preached  there  once.  Miss  A.  Snow,  a 
devoted  Christian  lady,  has  opened  a  reading  room  in 
Itosenhayn,  N.  J.  New  Testaments  and  tracts  are  being 
distributed.  We  expect  to  do  more  work  there  during  the 
summer.  Our  tracts,  papers,  and  New  Testaments  have 
been  sent  to  Pittsburg,  Pa.;  Nashville,  Tenn. ;  Lincoln, 
Neb.;  Boston,  Mass. ;  Dayton,  O. ;  Chicago,  Ill.;  and  other 
places.  Calls  have  come  from  far  and  near  to  start  mis¬ 
sions  among  the  Jews. 

Belief  Work  During  the  Winter. 

The  past  winter  has  been  one  of  awful  suffering.  The 
United  Hebrew  Charities  did  a  noble  work,  and  we  did 
as  much  as  we  could  to  help  to  keep  families  from  starva¬ 
tion.  Some  terrible  cases  of  suffering  came  to  our  notice. 
We  had  no  fund  when  this  dreadful  season  commenced, 
but  soon  the  dear  Lord  answered  our  prayers,  and  we  re¬ 
ceived  through  His  faithful  children  considerable  sums  of 
money  to  help  suffering  humanity.  This  relief  has  been 
stopped  since  March. 

Our  New  Mission  House 

in  209  Madison  Street  has  just  been  opened.  We  hold 
our  week-night  meetings  there.  Sunday  night  we  have 
commenced  an  English  service,  and  a  Sunday  school  in 
the  afternoon.  We  intend  to  utilize  the  whole  house.  A 
dispensary  is  already  there,  a  sewing  school  for  Jewish 
girls  will  be  commenced  in  a  few  days.  We  are  praying 
for  the  means  to  start  our  own  press  to  do  our  own  printing. 

What  We  Need. 

We  need  about  five  thousand  dollars  for  a  press  and 
material  for  the  publication  of  literature,  for  the  furnish- 


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inof  and  renovation  of  our  mission  house,  and  for  the  relief 

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fund.  God’s  dear  children  from  different  evangelical 
denominations  have  helped  us  during  the  past  year.  We 
give  a  statement  of  our  receipts  and  expenditures;  very 


14 


little  money  has  come  from  onr  English-speaking  Meth¬ 
odist  churches.  Indeed,  more  interest  has  been  taken  in 
this  work  outside  the  Methodist  Church.  Our  German 
friends  have  lielped  us  very  much.  We  thank  them  pub¬ 
licly,  and  also  Dr.  A.  Nast,  the  Editor  of  the  Ajpologist^iox 
his  interest.  The  sum  of  five  hundred  dollars  was  received 
February  5  from  an  unknown  friend.  For  us  it  was  a  re¬ 
markable  answer  to  prayer,  as  we  had  asked  the  Lord  a 
few  days  before  for  exactly  this  sum.  We  thank  that 
unknown  friend,  and  remember  his  or  her  kindness  every 
day  before  the  mercy  seat.  Friends  !  money  invested  in 
such  a  work  will  bring  certainly  large  returns. 

Financial  Statement,  May,  1893-94. 


Receipts. 


C.  B.,  New  Jersey . 

$10 

00 

L.,  Wisconsin . 

..  $5  00 

T.  G.  J.,  London,  England. . 

150 

00 

B.  C.,  New  York . 

00 

D.  L.,  California . 

15 

00 

A.  P.,  New  York . 

1 

00 

Mrs.  S.,  New  York . 

5 

00 

C.  H.  Y.,  New  York. ..... 

. ,  10 

00 

B.  C..  New  York . 

25 

00 

J.  K.,  Kansas . 

1 

00 

E.  &  Co,,  New  York . 

10 

00 

J.  B.  M.,  Louisiana . 

5 

00 

W.  B.,  Illinois . 

7 

50 

C.  &  C.,  Ohio . 

..  30 

63 

R.  W.,  Massachusetts . 

2 

50 

E.  S.,  Colorado . 

. .  10 

00 

C.,  New  Jersey . 

3 

00 

A.  H.,  Indiana . 

5 

00 

W.  B.,  New  York . 

5 

00 

Miss  K.,  Indiana . 

10 

B.,  New  York . 

1 

00 

F.  A.,  Nebraska . 

5 

00 

A.  G.,  Massachusetts . 

10 

00 

F.  K.,  New  York . 

5 

00 

F.  K.,  New  York . 

5 

00 

E.,  New  York . 

1 

00 

Miss  W.,  New  York . 

10 

00 

F.  B.,  Illinois . 

5 

00 

J.  J.,  New  York . 

2 

00 

Mrs.  S..  Brooklyn . 

3 

00 

Nostrand  Avenue,  Brooklyn 

10 

00 

F.,  Missouri . 

2 

50 

C.  H.  Y.,  New  York . 

16 

00 

F.  Ph.,  Iowa . 

4 

50 

Mrs.  S.,  New  York . 

3 

50 

J.  M.,  Missouri . 

2 

00 

L.,  New  Jersey . 

3 

00 

W.  B.,  Illinois . 

5 

00 

Mrs.  S.,  New  York . 

1 

50 

L.  E.,  New  York . 

5 

00 

D.  L.,  California . 

10 

00 

W.  E.,  North  Carolina.... 

.  .  10 

00 

L.  B.,  New  York . 

50 

Scott  &  Bowne,  Adv . 

.  .  15 

00 

M.  K.,  Ohio . 

5 

00 

F.  B.,  Maryland . 

2 

00 

J.  0.,  Missouri . 

1 

00 

F.  D.,  Massachusetts.. .... 

6 

00 

15 


Mrs.  B.,  New  York .  $2 

O.  G.,  New  York .  1 

M.  E.,  New  York .  1 

H.,  Massachusetts .  4 

D.  N.,  .Ohio .  1 

C.  A.,  New  York .  5 

J.  S.  H.,  New  York .  10 

Mrs.  A.  A.  T.,  California. ...  5 

A.  E.,  New  Jersey .  20 

C.  H.  Y.,  New  York .  10 

D.  E.  D.,  Ohio .  5 

"Warrenton,  Mo .  4 

G.  G.,  Pennsylvania .  4 

G.  S.,  Missouri .  1 

F.  B.,  New  York .  1 

F.  R.,  Illinois .  1 

C.  D.,  Texas .  5 

M.  S.,  Illinois .  5 

E.  B.  C.,  Ohio .  2 

A.  G.,  New  Jersey .  5 

J.  B.,  New  Jersey .  5 

P.  S.,  Now  Jersey .  5 

P.  N.,  New  York .  10 

A.  H.,  New  Jersey .  3 

J.  B.,  New  York .  10 

Y.  F.,  Ohio .  2 

Y.  Y.,  Ohio .  1 

J.  Y.,  Michigan .  3 

F.  B.,  Iowa .  5 

A.  S.,  Iowa .  5 

R.,  Illinois .  1 

E.  H.,  Illinois .  5 

J.  K.,  Kansas .  3 

J.  0.,  Minnesota .  10 

J.  E.,  New  York .  5 

W.  E.  B.,  Minnesota .  2 

M.  M.,  South  Dakota .  5 

H.  L.,  Minnesota .  5 

H.  D.,  Texas .  5 

M.  S.,  Colorado .  3 

F.  S.,  Missouri .  4 

M.  M.,  New  York .  4 

H.  B.,  California .  5 


1  E.  W.,  Ohio .  $2  00 

j  G.  A.  H.,  North  Dakota .  26  00 

j  Cash .  1  00 

J.  K.,  Kansas .  3  00 

E.  W.,  Pennsylvania .  10  00 

P.  W.  M.,  Kansas .  19  75 

1  E.,  Kentucky .  2  00 

M.  K.,  Maryland .  1  00 

Y.  F.,  Ohio .  1  00 

F.  K.,  Iowa .  10  00 

G.  B.,  Oregon .  1  00 

A.  D.,  Iowa .  10  00 

S.  B.,  California .  2  00 

D.  N.,  Iowa .  8  00 

Mr.  L.,  Iowa .  10  00 

W.  S.,  Iowa .  2  00 

R.,  Kentucky .  1  00 

H.  T.,  Ohio .  5  00 

Mrs.  H.  and  friends,  Indiana  30  00 

R.  S.,  California .  1  00 

Mrs.  E.  S.,  Ohio .  50  00 

Friends,  New  York .  10  00 

Mrs.  St.,  Maryland .  5  00 

F.  B.,  Maryland .  2  00 

E. ,  New  York .  5  00 

E.  W.,  Pennsylvania .  1  00 

G.  0.,  Nebraska .  5  00 

Rev.  G.  H.,  Pernambuco, 

Brazil .  10  00 

H.  S.,  Nebraska .  1  00 

Mrs.  S.,  New  York .  4  00 

[  G.  A.  H.,  North  Dakota. ...  50  00 

Mrs.  C.,  Illinoi.s .  1  00 

Mrs.  B.,  New  York .  1  00 

F.  K.,  New  York .  2  00 

M.  M.,  South  Dakota .  2  00 

H.  T.,  Wisconsin .  5  00 

[  Mrs.  C.,  Ohio .  2  00 

German  Church,  W.,  Minne¬ 
sota .  5  00 

S.  M.,  Ohio .  1  00 

R.  K.,  Missouri .  1  00 

Per  Cranston  &  Curts,  Ohio..  29  00 


00 

50 

00 

00 

00 

00 

00 

00 

00 

00 

00 

50 

00 

00 

00 

00 

00 

00 

00 

00 

00 

00 

00 

00 

00 

00 

00 

00 

00 

00 

00 

00 

00 

00 

00 

00 

00 

00 

00 

00 

00 

00 

00 


10 


Rev.  U.,  Texas  . 

$5 

00 

Unknown,  Massachusetts.. . . 

$3  00 

Mrs.  S.,  New  York . 

1 

00 

“  Missouri . 

1 

00 

E.  M.,  Switzerland . 

20 

00 

“  Missouri . 

3 

00 

J.  A.,  Texas . 

10 

00 

“  Missouri . 

1 

00 

Mrs.  S  ,  New  York . 

50 

“  Ohio . 

1 

00 

German  M.  E.  Church,  P., 

“  Nebraska . 

5 

00 

Penna . 

4 

30 

“  New  York . 

34 

60 

J.  K.,  Kansas . 

3 

00 

“  New  York . 

2 

00 

Mrs.  McC.,  Delaware . 

10 

00 

“  New  York . 

5 

00 

Dr.  F.,  New  York . 

10 

00 

“  Maryland . 

500 

00 

Rev.  M.  F.,  Missouri . 

1 

00 

“  Minnesota . 

8 

00 

Bloomington,  Illinois . 

12 

00 

“  Texas  . 

5 

00 

Dr.  R.  W.,  Maryland . 

5 

00 

Treasurer,  City  Church  Ex- 

H.  N.,  Missouri . 

50 

00 

tension  Society . 

113 

00 

Mrs.  S.,  New  York . 

2 

00 

Special  Coal  Fund,  per  F. 

Mr.  A.,  Illinois . 

2 

00 

M.  N . 

20 

00 

Mr.  E.,  New  York . 

10 

00 

Central  Relief  Fund . 

75 

00 

F.  M.  N.,  New  York . 

40 

50 

“  “  “  from  J. 

Unknown,  Illinois . 

5 

00 

S.  Huyler . 

100 

00 

“  Illinois . 

5 

00 

Collection,  Convention . 

19 

61 

“  Illinois . 

2 

00 

$2,113 

49 

Expenditures. 

Printing  of  Monthly  Paper,  Tracts,  Leaflets,  etc .  $492  01 

For  Assistants  and  Helpers .  672  13 

Special  Relief  during  Winter .  877  00 


$2,041  14 

Balance  on  hand,  May  31 .  $72  35 

Examined  and  found  correct, 

BOWLES  COLGATE. 

May  31,  1894. 

With  the  new  year,  every  donor  receives,  as  heretofore, 
a  personal  letter  of  thanks  and  a  numbered  receipt.  Our 
accounts  are  audited  every  three  months. 

Communications  should  be  addressed  to 

Eev.  A.  C.  Gaebelein, 

58  East  Seventh  Street,  New  York. 


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